The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-05-31

DiASnlllAY ON1n AaHAI 'et AA At'f'DH
when their great leader pressed by the
weight Of years and worn by forty-hve
years Of public service asked the peo-
pie he loved so well to grant him
brief respite before he should be called
Ito his final rest then opening that
great paternal heart betrays in its first
utterance his fears for the safety Of the
Union. Note his prophetic warnlng
"Discountenancing whatever may sug-
gest even suspicion that the Union
can in any event be abandoned, in
Idgnantly frowning upon the FIRST dawn
ing Of every attempt to ALLEVIATE one
portion Of our country from the rest or
to enfeeble the sacred ties which now
link together its various parts"
Comrades, that chapter in American
history in which we as veterans bad
the honor to bear part illustrates the
profound depths Of meaning hidden in
that motto Of our order External vigi.
lance is the price oflibertyp
The crowning glory Of our form Of
! government lies not alone in the fact
that we are free, nor yet-in the fact Of
our right to the privilege of elective
/. franchise, but in its influences in
moulding, elevating and expanding
individual character. Every citizen
being an equal owner in the republic
. and equally concerned in all its aims
and pferogatves as well as having an
= equal voice in its control, the aggre-
: gate wisdom and virtue of that citizen
ship must find its embodiment and ex-
= preston in the DEGREES and policy Of
" the government | need not say that
:, the Upas tree of slavery could not live
in America, except just so long as it
! took the steady and inevitable growth
= OF Republican principles to crowd il to
3 death. That tree was planted by skill
. ed hands, nurtured and protected by
y every bulwark that climate, geographical
. boundaries and State and national
p legislation could throw around it, but
y il could not become indigenous to a
y soil, underlying which was embedded
y that eternal rock in the declaration OF
our fathers, that all men are created
= free and equal and entitled to the right
;; Of liberty and the pursuit Of happi.
ness.
The most casual observer Of men
I" and events in our country for the past
q half century has not failed to note the
- growing convictions and tendency "a
= regard the safety OF our institutions as
depending upon the moral and intel
" lectual development Of our people
20 Our free school system is but the
g outgrowth Of this theory. The wealth
n Of the State is taxed uniformly to edu
&c cate the youth Of the State without
nc regard to their social positions Tn,
On wealth Of the childess millionaire /
ia taxed to educate the offspring OF thu
ge humblest OF his servants; thus the faci
nc lities are provided for the educstioI
ay of those whose natural guardians hav'
no barely the means to give them bread
ng Bot individuals OF wealth, as il cage
rs to forestall the government began th'
W endowment OF seminaries, colleges anC
ler universities, thus afcrding the hum
iSs blest youth thirsting for knowledge al
~ easy ascent to the goal OF his ambition
'P Up through these avenues have com
nc the grandest men Of the age, Tn
lul world is now looking on in amaze
ia ment at the colossal scheme OF a Cit
M, zen of the Golden State, an America
], in the prime OF his manhood year:
70 declining The political honors so dea
aN to men that he with his noble wifi
IN may devote the ripper and best years c
their lives to the establishing and IN
ed folding plan for the free education c
les youth without respect to sex or socis
me rank by system Of schools, college
ied and university, including within tn
oil scope of It's discipline and studies ever
eat possible direction Of human though
lds and action from agricultural and M
mo chanical art TO the highest speculation
Inc o. philosophy and original research
ION providing salaries so munificent {
nse shall secure to its chairs the ablest II
'ed structors OF the age and the worl'
ist Senator Stanford in deciding away {,
ave the public good those vast and ric
hey estates thus defines his motives; M
OF only to give the youth technical ed
Tier cation, thus fitting them for successf
m business lives, but to instill into the
nds minds an appreciation of the blessing
les' of our government, reverence for
the institutions, love for God and human
cid ity"
low Post Commander and Comrades,
est the hands of such a citizenship may v
DOS not with safety entrust the guarda
are ship of our dear old aag1 Dear to
cry not only as the children of the fathe
red land but endeared to us by thousar
sun associations, in camp and on the feel
for We watched over it on the sea and {
ers land, in the death swamps of the MI
and sissippi valley, in the rifle pits befo
'ery Port Hudson and Vcksburg. We f
Its lowed it through the storms Of irC
men hail and leaden rain at Shiloh, at M;